Isobel, who now lives in Swinton, came along to our Thanks for the Memories event with her friend Isabel Logan.

“My dad, George Wylie, was a sergeant in the army and then he worked in the steelworks, and my mum Emily worked in the Jeely Works, which is what we all called the preserve factory up the road,” says Isabel.

“We used to take the trams from our house in Barrachnie to school. Sometimes we were sent up to the farmer’s field with a bag and a fork, to get some tatties to take home for tea.”

She adds: “We also filled the pram with old clothes to take up to the rag shop, which was called Mulhollands.”

Both women loved growing up in and around Baillieston and Garrowhill.

“It was a happy childhood,” nods Isobel.

“I found a poem all about old Baillieston who was written by the late Jenny Graham, nee Reid. It sums up what it was like to live here.”

She adds: “It speaks about ‘Baur’s the bakers, where you queued right round the shop/For Bertie’s special fruit cakes/German -or Empire – biscuits with the cherry on the top’ and ‘Grace Stark had the fruit shop, she wore high heels and a hat/but her stuff was awfy dear and she couldn’t blame it on VAT.

The poem also reveals what was on sale at Thomson the Chemist – “where we were told you got weans oot a bottle/and bone combs tae rid ye of beasties in total/Evening in Paris, Californian Poppy and Snowfire cream, and sixpence of Ippy Qiana wine syrup of squills and glycerine!”

It mentions “Toni Tobia’s café for ice cream wi’ McCallum and hot peas and vinegar/and sherbet dabs, when the liquorish was done ye just used your finger” and recalls the juke box in the Regal Cafe and Sunday school trips on the tram.

Jenny rounds off her poem with: “McFarlane Paton’s factory where they made sweets and jam and jelly/And everybody worked there, every Isa, Jock and Nellie/ Do you remember the five o’clock hooter, it made such a rammy?/And I’m here tonight because it’s where my daddy met my mammy!”

Over the next few weeks, Thanks for the Memories will be bringing you more Baillieston memories. Did you live in the area? Do you have old photos and stories to share? It would be great to hear from you.

Through our regular library drop-in events, which have now taken place all over the city, and our letters page and email banks, we are compiling a fantastic archive of stories and pictures, all dedicated to the city we love.

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